Hey, sorry it took so long! I'm just having so much fun with my other fic, that I kinda lost that "I MUST WRITE" feeling for this story. TT-TT But I will do my best to write diligently with this story. I want to get to the juiciness already!

So I'm sorry! Just don't kill me! Here it is, already! Enjoy! ^_^

A chakra rush fell over a young Hyuuga, slowly drifting off to sleep in his bed… but nothing had happened.

Not a good thing, either.

Neji popped his right eye open just to see a figure swiftly leaving his room, shutting the door behind. This could only mean one thing.

Hinata was doing it… again.

This woke the young man instantly. He shot out of bed and rushed outside his room. He stood silently in the hallway as an unaware Hinata made her way back down the hallway to her own room. Furious, the Jounin followed her silently as ever and peeked through her door, only to see the curtains of her window flowing with the chilling breeze.

This was more suspicious than ever. The previous time her little jutsu didn't work, it was also on a Tuesday. And what are the odds that the jutsu wouldn't work TWICE on Tuesday? And both times, Neji felt her chakra going towards the entrance gate to Konoha. Also, 9:00 was the time where the guards switched shifts. In other words…

Hinata was leaving every Tuesday.

But WHY? Neji pondered.

Well, there was only one way to figure this all out.

Follow Hinata.

As Hinata leapt through the trees of the forest, she thought she felt a chakra, following closely behind her. Abruptly, she stopped on a branch and turned swiftly to throw a kunai in the direction.

Nothing seemed to happen.

Oh, shit! She knows I'm here! Just please, Hinata. Please don't-

"Byaakugan!"

Transform!

Hinata looked in the direction of the chakra. But all she saw was a sorry-looking sparrow, perched on the branch. It flapped its wings and flew off with a chirp.

Hinata sighed in relief, turning off her Byaakugan. She was just being paranoid… right?

Neji was following, looking through the tree tops, disguised as a sparrow. Well, Hinata was much more alert than before. Did her disappearances have anything to do with it?

Right after he had asked this question in his head, it was answered.

There was a clearing, very lovely, with a silver waterfall, turning into a beautiful river. Surrounding all that was green and grassy, with occasional flowers here and there.

But Neji wasn't exactly paying attention to the surrouding, when right in the middle was Itachi Uchiha.

Oh, shit. Hinata is in trouble! Neji swooped down and flapped his sparrow wings until they were perched on the branch of a tree, close to the clearing.

The most puzzling thing happened.

Hinata jumped right into the clearing and looked at Itachi, like she had seen him everyday in Konoha. Itachi gave her the same look before jumping to the other side of the river, where Hinata stood.

"Hinata, I have something to tell you."

WHAT? Neji almost yelled.

Good thing he was transformed into a sparrow.

"Yes, sensei?"

Sensei, SENSEI!

Itachi looked into her eyes. "This is dangerous."

Hinata nodded. "I-I know…"

"Okay, good." Itachi now looked up into the skies. "Hinata, I want you to stay in Konoha. I don't want you to get in trouble. If you get figured out, you know what that means, right?"

Hinata nodded. She would have to leave all her friends and family… and join the Akatsuki.

Hinata shrugged. "It… doesn't matter to me…" The Hyuuga blushed and fiddled her fingers.

"Well, it does to me." Itachi looked at the young teenager sternly. "Look, I believe that you could have become a great ninja without my help. Everyone in Konoha cares about you enough to make you a wonderful shinobi."

Hinata stared wide-eyed back at him. "Does that mean… you won't train me anymore?" Her voice was higher than usual.

"Hinata. It's for your own good. I… I… care… about you." The Uchiha seemed to have a hard time saying this.

Hinata blinked. "Really?"

Itachi was now looking away, eyes closed, eyebrows furrowed. It looked a lot like Sasuke's usual expression when he talked to Naruto, annoyed. "Why else would I have trained you this whole time? It's been almost a year…" Now Itachi turned his head to harshly look back at her. "And I was foolish to keep this up this whole time. I mean, it's only a matter of time before you're figured out. Hinata, you can't keep on training with me.""But!" Hinata was beginning to panic. "I couldn't have become so great without you! My father would still tell me to be more like my cousin, I would still be the worst ninja in Konoha, I wouldn't know my own chakra type-"

And then, as suddenly as ever, Itachi leaned into her, closed his eyes, and pressed his lips against hers.

That's right, he kissed Hinata.

Hinata's eyes were wide open at first, but then she slowly closed them as the kiss became more intense.

And holy cow, were they FRENCH KISSING!

Neji was frozen. It was all he could do to keep his sparrow form as he gawked at his innocent, shy cousin, kissing an S-Ranked criminal. That was also, what, nine years older than her, Neji guessed?

Oh, f*ck.

That was the only thing running through the Jounin's head.

It was the best feeling in the world. How else could she explain it?

She was actually kissing him. HE had WANTED to kiss her.

He CARED about her, and he had admitted it.

It wasn't her first kiss, of course, but she had felt that same rush, as if it were.

Her first kiss went a little like this…

Hinata was gone. Lost somewhere out there in the wilderness. In the confusing trees.

Kiba was hysterical and frustrated, pacing back and forth. Naruto and Shino, and Akamaru just sat by the fire stared at him furiously stomping beside the river bank.

"Kiba, you haven't eaten in days. Care for some fish?"

Kiba looked back at the Aburame. "I can care less. The problem here is that our TEAMMATE is missing! We shouldn't just be sitting around like this! We should, oh, I don't know… go and LOOK for her?"

Shino creepily stared back through his shades. "We will." Akamaru walked up behind Shino, and just stood there, looking at his fish. Then the white dog slowly leaned forward over his shoulder and snatched the fish out of Shino's hands with his mouth. "Augh! Akamaru, go and find your own!" But it was too late, for the dog had swallowed it whole, and was now playfully tackling Shino, licking him all over with his large tongue. "Disgusting! Get off! Get off!"

Naruto laughed. "Good boy, Akamaru!"

Normally Kiba would be laughing with them, but he was stricken with worry for his teammate. The three idiots stopped tackling, yelling, and laughing and stood up, deciding that this really was a serious situation.

"Now let's go and find Hinata!" Naruto determinedly stated.

The next thing the young Hyuuga knew, she was laying in the hospital, rather sore all over. Piercing pains ran throughout her fragile body, and head. As her eyes drew open, the room seemed to spin like crazy.

"Hinata? Hinata!" A voice echoed. It sounded familiar. Even though any sound sent a terrible pain throughout her head, she replied weakly, "Kiba?" Then she looked over to see a blurry, yet familiar character beside her hospital bed.

"Ah, thank God you're okay," he said, sounding relieved. The young man gently took her right hand in both of his. "I was worried about you."

Hinata winced. "What happened?"

"We found you nearly dead in the forest on our mission. You were kidnapped by some weirdo. Don't worry, we were able to kill him off. And we completed the mission as well." Kiba was now crouching over Hinata, so that he was straight in her field of vision. "But what really matters is that you're okay. I don't want to lose you like that again, so I think it's time for me to tell you something." He brushed her cheek with his hand. "Hinata, I love you."

Then he was kissing her. Hinata winced, and Kiba pulled away.

"Oh, sorry. That was kind of thoughtless," he said with a nervous smile on his face.

"No, Kiba. It was… a good kind of pain." Then Hinata suddenly felt better as she sat up and gently pulled his face back to hers, into a passionate kiss.

And Hinata had never felt better in her life.

Except the moment she kissed Itachi. Now this was the best moment of her life.

It seemed to last forever, until Itachi gently pulled away, his arms still wrapped around her. The young Hyuuga noticed that he was eyeing the forest suspiciously (not the side Neji was on, but the other side). Then he looked back over at her. "I have to go." As he pulled away from her, Hinata couldn't help but notice how his hand grazed past her right breast. Her heart was pounding like crazy.

"Wait, Itachi," Hinata said. Itachi looked back at her.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Um, did that mean… that you would continue training with me?" Hinata was nervously fidgeting.

Itachi solemnly nodded his head, making Hinata rather happy. She smiled and, before she could stop herself, threw herself at him into a big hug. Shocked, Itachi loosely hugged back before she let go.

"Thank you, sensei."

"You know you don't have to call me that," Itachi stated.

Hinata blinked. "Oh, okay. Sorry."

"It's fine, Hinata. Have a good night."

Then he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Hinata just stood there for a while, looking at where he stood when he had disappeared. She desparately wished that he hadn't killed his clan, and had stayed in Konoha. It wouldn't be as much of a problem, then. They could still train together and it would be no secret. They could be together if they wanted to, instead of having to go their separate ways in the forest every time.

So why had he killed the clan? Hinata had no idea. But he didn't seem like the type to do such a thing.

There had to be a reason.

But as far as Hinata was concerned, she just couldn't wait until next time.

Kay, so I hope it was somewhat worth the wait. So like I said, I shall do my best to upload faster! I apologize for taking so long. And also, thanks to everyone who reads/reviews. You guys rock! ^_^